From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
…The real pinch point for China is energy. Energy use is increasing 10 percent per year, and electricity production is growing 15 percent annually.
The country is adding a new 1,000-megawatt power plant every week. Still, 24 provinces experienced severe power shortages last year…
China uses twice as much coal as the United States does. Eighty percent of China’s electricity and two-third of all its energy come from coal. This is a planetary problem because coal produces more greenhouse gas than any other fuel.
